“I was 21 and at the end of the first year they just said, ‘We’re not going to have you back for any more.’ “They said it was because I looked too much like Dean Cain, who played Clark… and Teri Hatcher, who played Lois. Part of me was like, ‘So what, I didn’t look like them 22 episodes ago?’ At the time, I was bummed out, because Lane Smith [who played Perry White] was a mentor and a good friend of mine, so I was upset to leave. But then you end up getting so many other jobs. Had I stayed, I would’ve just been the third fiddle on that show for years.”

Michael Landes now stars on Hooten & The Lady, which airs on Sky1. Were you a Lois & Clark fan? Were you surprised by the Olsen switch on the show? Tell us what you think.